Lifestyle Columns
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How to best prepare your pet for a visit to the vetMay 10, 2022 6:00 am - Just as you prepare to take your kids to the doctor, a little planning ahead is important when you take your pet to the veterinarian, too. If it is your puppy's first d...
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Constable: For Mom's Day, she finally got her third son's handprints and footprints. He's 23.May 10, 2022 5:05 am - I've never been a good Mother's Day gift-giver. It's not that I'm cheap or lazy, although I certainly have my cheap and lazy moments. I'm willing to give a time-consumin...
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Good News Sunday: Intern program a win-win for staff, residents, participants at nursing home, rehab centerMay 08, 2022 7:30 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: Young adults with special needs are maki...
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Home inspector violates standardsMay 08, 2022 6:00 am - Q: I'm selling my home, and the buyer's home inspector recently went through my attic. He found mold on the wood framing and said it was a health hazard. Then he gave me...
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Rewrite notice to conform with rulesMay 07, 2022 6:00 am - Q. The board of our association uses a notice of violation form that one of the board members brought from another association where he owns a unit. Another board member...
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Words of poets often describe grief better than we canMay 07, 2022 6:00 am - Emmylou Harris has a wonderful mourning song about lasting love: When we're gone, long gone The only thing that will have mattered Is the love that we shared And the way...
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Batavia woman shares research on her family's time in World War II Japanese-American internment campMay 06, 2022 6:00 am - Ellen Huxtable has built an excellent reputation in her hometown of Batavia over the past two decades as a small-business consultant and a volunteer for the Congregation...
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Orange you glad for this breakfast treat in time for Mother's Day?May 05, 2022 6:00 am - I have “enjoyed” various Mother's Day meals brought to me in bed by my daughter. Now 22, she's an accomplished cook, but there was much trial and error along the way. St...
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May is the perfect time to dust off your bikes and hit the roadMay 05, 2022 6:00 am - Higher pump prices plus warmer weather can reshape one's transportation thinking. May delivers just the calendar kick to opt for a bike-healthy way of commuting, running...
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Constable: Former Fremd gymnasts, coach still all-around pals after half a centuryMay 05, 2022 5:15 am - In 1975, when Fremd High School hosted the Mid-Suburban League conference gymnastics meet, Fremd coach Frank Benesh was "hoping to clean up" with outstanding twins Doug ...